Lamp-supporting attachment for miners&#39; caps



a. 1923. BA?

` W. ISRAEL.

LAMP SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT FOR MINERS CAPS Filed March 2l. 1921 Fatented @et l, 1923. y

Y' l f atraen WILLIAM ISRAEL, or WILKEs-BARRE, PENNsYLvANIA. n

LAMP-SUPPORTING 'ATTACHMENT F'oR-MINERS oArs.

Application mea March a1, '1921] serial no. 454,047.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM ISRAEL, a citizen of the United States, vand a resident of lVilkes-Barrain the county of Luzerne and 5 State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Lamp-Supporting= Attachments for Miners Caps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention-relates to improvements in lamp supporting attachments for miners caps and it has for one of its objects to provide an attachment o'f such construction that it is adapted not only to support the various kinds of lamps upon the market and ingeneral use butalso to provide means whereby the lamps are held positively in position against swinging movements either laterally or forwardly; and a further object is to provide a construction of attachment i p which is adapted 'to prevent the hook by means of which the lamp is attachedto and supported upon the attachment from contacting with the cap, and also whereby the possibility of the lamp supporting hookcontacting withand injuring the head of the wearer of the cap is prevented.

The said inventionv consists of a strip of suitable sheet material stamped, molded or otherwise shapedto provide a looped or bent portion which extends horizontally and forwardly with respect to the'cap to which it is attached and with respect to an intermediate verticalV portiondof the said strip a suliicient distance to provide'means forwardly offthe said intermediate portion for engagingy the hook or bracket of a lamp to ksupport the saine in spaced relation with respect to the said strip. y

'In order that my invention may be more readily understood and itspractical advantages fully appreciated, reference may be had to the accompanying drawingin which I have illustratedcertain embodiments there- Y 'of, but it will be understood that changes in the' details of construction may be made Within the yscope ofthe claims without 'de-Y parting from the said invention.

In the drawing: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a device :embodying my invention and of the front portion of a cap to which it is attached; Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of the said devicefand of the adjacent portion of the cap Vto which it is attached;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal transverse sectional view, enlarged, taken on the line`3`3 of Fig.' 1; f f v Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing modified construction of the device embodyingmy invention; p

Fig. 5 is a' horizontal n view taken on `the line 5-5 of Fig. l; and Figs. 6 kand 7 are perspective views of the lamps each having different forms of kconstruction of hooks for-engaging the lamp y supporting attachment on the cap. j

ReferringV tothe drawing: l designates a miners cap to 'which a lamp supporting attachment Ais secured.

The lower terminal end portion 2 of the transverse sectional lattachment A rests uponiand is secured by i rivets 3 to the -vizor of the cap whilethe intermediate' central portion 2a thereof occupies a vertical position against or adjacent the front portion of the cap.

3 designates a forwardly extending bent or looped portion formed by extending the strip forward at the upper end of the-por-V tion 2, as shown at 4, then 'extending it upwardly and thenl extending it rearwardly, as shown at 5,a distance well tothe rear ofY thefintermediate vertical portion 2a. parts tand 5 are spaced from each other and are in general or substantially parallel 4relation to each other. The attachment A is further secured to the' cap by meansof rivets situated adjacent the rear end of ythe rearwardly extending portion tion 2EL ofthe attachment.y yForthe purpose of providing means for supporting and hold- The ing lamps upon the attachment, rvI have prof Y vided openings' throughA the parts .tand 5 for the reception of the hools upon the lamps, the said openings being in alinement j which the depending por'tionyof the. hook .zio

2, having a single hook 11iwhich is circular 'in cross section, I have provided the holes 12, one Aabovetheother, as shown, through 11k extends, as is shown in said Fig. 2. To prevent lateral swinging movements of the lamp 10 provided with a single hook of the character shown in Fig. 2 and as above described, I have provided a slot l'extending transversely of the bend connecting the parts L1 and 5 and terminating at its opposite ends in the T-slots 16, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 ofthe drawing. The slots 16 are situated a. distance in front of the holes 12 and the slot 15 is situated invertical alinement with and in front of the said hole. r1`he slots 16 are situated one above the other and are adapted to receive a support-ing prong 20, such as is provided upon the lamp 21, shown in Fig. 7. 22 designates slots which are arranged in alinement transversely ofthe strip constituting the attachment A in alinement with the slots 16. j The holes or :slots 22' of the respective couples are arranged one above the other as shown and are adapted to receive theY prong 23 Vof the lamp 24: shown in Fig. ,6 tov support the latter. It will be observed that when the prongs 20 and 23 are inserted through the vertically arranged slots or openings provided therefor, the lamps or lights 21 and 24 are posislots.

tively supported against swinging or vibratory movements of any kind or character, due to the movement of the cap as the wearer of the cap may sway or m'ove his head in one direction or another.

In Fig. 5 the slot 15 terminates in relatively long T-slots 25 which are 'arranged one above the other, as is indicated in Figs.

l and 5. rlhe single slot 25 is of a length equal to the distance between the outer edges of the slots 22 shown in the previous figures and is adapted to receive prongs such as those shown at 23-for supportingaJ lamp and is also adapted to receive a single prong of a width equal to thelength of the said Such a slot, however, is not adapted to receive a relatively narrow prong such as 20, because it would permit lateral swingy ing or movement of the lamp.

I'Vhen a construction of attachment such as that shown in Figs.`1,2 and 3 is employed, I proposeV to provide the said attachment with a supporting` loop, such as 26, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, which is adapted to receive a relatively` wide prong similar to that previously referred to as adapted to enter the relatively longT-slots 25. .f

In the construction as shown it will be observed that the prongs of the hooks or similar supporting means attached to the lamps which pass through the openings 12, 16, 22

or 25 terminate at a point forwardly of the central intermediate portion of the attachment, in consequence of which said central intermediate portion of the attachment constitutesa shield or protective device to prevent the -end of the hoolr or other similar prong from contacting with the head of the wearer. Furthermore, by providing the attachment with the overhanging projecting portion through which-the openings 12, 16,k 22 -and 25 extend, I am enabled to support the lamps a distance from the cap and consequently a greater distance than usual -from the head of the wearer, which is very desirable because in actual use these lamps become quite warm and create discomfort for the wearer'. In the case of my construction, however, where the lamp as shown in Fig. 2 is supported in position a considerabledistance from the-front part of the cap, free circulation of air is provided, thereby preventing the cap from becoming heated suficiently to render the wearing thereof a discomfort. j v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire toAsec-ure by Letters Fatent is ing of a strip of suitable material adapted to be attached to the front portion kof a capthe said strip comprising a central intermediate portion which is adapted to be situated adjacent the front part ofthe cap, and an overhanging portion projecting a substantial distance forwardly of the said intermediate central portion, the said overhanging portion comprising parallel portions of the said strip spaced from each other, and openings through `the said parallel portions of strip arranged .one above the other, the ksaid openings being adapted to receive prongs attached to lamps' for supporting the latter.

2, A lamp supporting attachment for minerscaps comprising a strip of suitable material which is attached tothe front portion of a cap, the said strip having a central intermediate portion which is situated adjacent the front part of the said cap, the said stri-p extending forwardlykin-,ahorizontal direction from the upper end of the said central portion al substantial distance, then upwardly and rearwardly to a point in rear of the said central intermediate portiomthus forming parallel spaced portions in front ofthe plane of.v the said central intermediate portion, the said parallel portions having a plurality of openings extendingtherethrough, the said openings beadapted to he attached to the front portion of aminers cap the said strip comprising forwardly projecting parallel spaced Yportions at the upper end portion thereof the said portions having a plurality of ooples of openings therethrough for the reception of the supporting hooks of miners lampsl andthe holes of each couple being arranged in alignment with each other In testimony that I vclaim the foregoing 10 as my invention, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 175th day of March, 1921.

, .y WiLLIAM ISRAEL. 

